Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Town
- Tower Hill
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 97888
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Current location
The memorial is an exhibit in the Royal Armouries exhibition.
The White Tower
Tower of London
Tower Hill
Tower Hamlets
Greater London
EC3N 4AB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 33619 80546
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wooden board with borders and ornamental ledge at top. The royal monogram 'GR' with a crown between the letters is painted on the top border. The memorial is one of the exhibits in the Royal Armouries exhibition, and an explanatory board entitled "Armistice 11 November 1918" is placed below it.
- Inscription
- MEMBERS OF THE ARMOURIES/ STAFF SERVING IN THE WAR 1914 (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Buckingham, W H
Ffoulkes, Charles
Garnett, T
Griffin, J W
Harwood, W H
Heath, W
Nash, D
Shaw, G
Taylor, G
Williams, T H
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 8
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: Initials, surname, regiment, years of service in WW1
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Royal Armouries
- Reference
- royalarmouries.org/stories/the-armouries-at-war/ (accessed 23/09/2021) - gives details of the memorial being placed in the exhibition and further information of the names included.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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